Elementary Schooling: I loved elementary school because the biggest worry in the world was trying to figure out how to write a sentence using the new vocabulary words until the third grade when my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and she had a double mastectomy. The teacher's name was Mrs. Knapp. I remember sitting in her classroom in our little groups and I started bawling my eyes out because I was worried about my mom's surgery. My teacher took me out in the hallway and asked me what was wrong. After explaining everything to her she immediately hugged me and told me that my mom was going to be alright. Later on the night I found out that she emailed my mom asking how the surgery went and that she was praying for her. That meant a lot to me and my family and it will be something that always touched our hearts. It really influenced me and showed me how much teachers care about their students. Besides that little situation, I never cried in school. I loved going to school when I was younger.I went to Pre-K at Saint James which was a small Catholic school in Totowa, but then went to Washington Park School for another year of Pre-K which is also located in my town. I was only supposed to stay at Washington Park School until fourth grade, but at the end of fourth grade the elementary school and middle school switched so I just continued the rest of my schooling at Washington Park School. I would get good grades, I would do all my homework, and I liked all my teachers. Actually up until eighth grade I had straight A's. It was advanced Algebra I and the teacher really challenged us. Her name was Mrs. Capitelli. She was my favorite teacher in middle school. She made us work extremely hard for our grades and even though I received my first B in her class she taught me a lot. I truly believe she made me better in math. She was always willing to help me whenever I needed help which was actually quite often. She would also let me talk to her about anything else that was perhaps bothering me. It was teachers like this that made me want to become a teacher. Her specifically making me want to teach math. It is the teachers that actually cared about you that really impact your life and how you view it.
I loved elementary school because the biggest worry in the world was trying to figure out how to write a sentence using the new vocabulary words until the third grade when my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and she had a double mastectomy. The teacher's name was Mrs. Knapp. I remember sitting in her classroom in our little groups and I started bawling my eyes out because I was worried about my mom's surgery. My teacher took me out in the hallway and asked me what was wrong. After explaining everything to her she immediately hugged me and told me that my mom was going to be alright. Later on the night I found out that she emailed my mom asking how the surgery went and that she was praying for her. That meant a lot to me and my family and it will be something that always touched our hearts. It really influenced me and showed me how much teachers care about their students. Besides that little situation, I never cried in school. I loved going to school when I was younger.I went to Pre-K at Saint James which was a small Catholic school in Totowa, but then went to Washington Park School for another year of Pre-K which is also located in my town. I was only supposed to stay at Washington Park School until fourth grade, but at the end of fourth grade the elementary school and middle school switched so I just continued the rest of my schooling at Washington Park School.
I would get good grades, I would do all my homework, and I liked all my teachers. Actually up until eighth grade I had straight A's. It was advanced Algebra I and the teacher really challenged us. Her name was Mrs. Capitelli. She was my favorite teacher in middle school. She made us work extremely hard for our grades and even though I received my first B in her class she taught me a lot. I truly believe she made me better in math. She was always willing to help me whenever I needed help which was actually quite often. She would also let me talk to her about anything else that was perhaps bothering me. It was teachers like this that made me want to become a teacher. Her specifically making me want to teach math. It is the teachers that actually cared about you that really impact your life and how you view it.